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Albert Einstein’s perspective on African Americans and race relations in the United States One hundred years ago, a 36-year-old Albert Einstein presented the complete formulation of the General Theory of Relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Albert Einstein, a physicist, was born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany in 1879. Einstein grew up in a secular, […]

Fashback: The relocation of Egypt’s Abu Simbel temples The the Pharaonic monuments in Aswan, known as Abu Simbel temples, were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BCE (Before the Current Era). Not only are the two temples at Abu Simbel among the most magnificent […]

Remember yesteryear: African American owned airlines in the United States Wheeler Airlines, Air Atlanta, and DC Air First a look back at the Black Star Line “They said that the Negro had no initiative; that he was not a business man, but a laborer; that he had not the brain to engineer a corporation, to […]

Remember Yesteryear: Black Panther Party and Dr. Huey P. Newton Dr. Huey Percy Newton was born Feb. 17, 1942, Monroe, Louisiana. Newton was an American political activist. Newton and Bobby Seale co-founded of the Black Panther Party (originally called Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) in 1966. Huey P. Newton was murdered on August 22, 1989 […]

Remembering The World Trade Center, dedicated April 4, 1973 More than a New York City landmark The twin towers were icons of the nation when America ruled the skyscraper world Dilemma X On today, April 4, 2015, Dilemma X would like to take this moment to remember the April 4, 1973 dedication date of the twin towers […]

Desegregation in public education: Dallas, Wake County (Raleigh) and Charlotte-Mecklenburg– A look at three public school systems over time Dilemma X takes this time to share a few newspaper articles, from the past , and current demographics of three (3) selected large public school districts in the South. What did desegregation mean back then and […]

Religion of former enslaved Africans after slavery ended in the United States The following articles expose the fact that even after slavery ended, in the United States, formerly enslaved Africans continued to observe forms of Traditional African Religion and in some cases actually reverted back to their ancestral faith. There was a great lack of comprehension of […]

Remembering Yesteryear: American carnivals once held “Hit The Nigger Baby” contest As the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom officially celebrate Black History Month we flashback to never forget yesteryear. It is not too long ago when a popular game was played at carnivals across the United States. That game was known by many […]

70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz The Guardian (UK) Almost 300 survivors of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camps at Auschwitz gather on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of their liberation, in what for many will be the last such commemoration. The ceremony will take place in front of the imposing Death […]

Is there still a fear of a black Cuba? A brief look back in history ___________ Video: Afro-Cubans still at mercy of white wealth ___________ Video: U.S. and Cuba’s Rocky Relations Explained in Two Minutes ___________ The fear of a black ruled Cuba In 1896 Winston Churchill wrote about the fear of the rise of […]